Hello all! Sooo this weekend when I had a break from classes stuff I got to do a little sight seeing around the city. On Saturday I went to the local weekend market with Norma and bought some stuff for lunch. I bought a red pepper and two small onions and it was only 2 pesos which is about 50 cents! I have been a little bit frustrated trying to figure out what to make for lunch here because there are so many things that they don't have here! But Norma told me Chinatown is the place with the most international food in the city so afterwords we went to Chinatown to do a little more food shopping and to look around. We looked through all the supermarkets and I was extremely excited to see particular food such as salmon and soy sauce while Norma was mostly grossed out by everything haha. I ended up only buying peanut butter and soy sauce but I think it will definitely be a place that I shop for food. I also went back to 3 de Febrero Park and went to the Japanese garden which I thought was a little overrated but everyone here seems to love it. That night me and a couple of my friends went to a parilla that Norma recommended called Club Eros. She told me it was very Argentine, cheap and a lot of locals went there, basically everything I'm looking for in a parilla. When we got there there was some sort of birthday party going on so when we walked in everyone turned and stared at us haha. It was a real hole in the wall kind of place but the food was great, authentic and really cheap!

Today is El Dia de Nino which is basically the day that celebrates children. They have a day for celebrating almost everything from Dia del Amigo (celebrating friends) to Dia del Abuelos (celebrating grandparents). Norma and Charlie both went to visit their grandchildren so I took the bus to the MALBA which is the Latin American Art Museum in BA. I rode through the 3 de febrero park and it was packed with families and children. Even though the museum was a rather small I really enjoyed the exhibits and I was even able to tag along on a tour and I could understand almost everything the tour guide was saying! I then took the bus back to my neighborhood and I have to admit that I went to Starbucks! Being the Seattle coffee snob that I am, I'm not a huge fan of the coffee here. It'ss like New York coffee-- a very weak coffee taste and just a lot of milk and sugar. The other thing is that very few places that do coffee to go, it's almost impossible to find. At Starbucks I got a dulce de leche latte which was delicious but I didn't exactly get my good coffee fix. I think I will have to go on a mass hunt for good coffee.
I think next weekend I may do a little bit of traveling but I'll keep you all updated!! love love